Method of and means for tying with wire



;E. EMBREY. METHOD OF AND MEANS FOR TYING WITH WIRE. APPLICATION FILEDAPR. 19, 1917.

1,33 1,560. Patented Feb. 24,192

In U672 zor:

EARLE EMBR-EY, OF NEW ALBANY, INDIAN A.

METHOD OF AND MEANS FOR TYING WITH WIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 24, 1920.

Application filed April 19, 1917. SerialNo. 163,282.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EARLE EMBREY, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of New Albany, in the county of Floyd and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Methods of andMeans for Tying with Wire, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wire tying or fastening, and its object is toprovide a Very simple device for securing together the two members ofwire loop and veny forcibly contracting the loop and very securely tyingit in its contracted position. It will be understood that such a resultis highly desirable wherever any two or more parts are to be tightlysecured together by means of wire. Other objects will morefully appearin the course of the ensuing description.

My invention consists in the method of tying with wire and in the novelmeans for carrying out that method andv in the combination of parts anddetails of construction and arrangement of parts in such means, and inthe novel tying washer as a new article of manufacture, all of whichwill hereinafter be more fully described and claimed.

In thedrawing:

Figures 1, 2, 8 and 4 are diametral sections of varieties of tyingwashers in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the examples of Figs. 3 and 4;

Figs. 6, 7 and 8 illustrate successive stages of the operation of tyingtogether the staves of a hollowcylindrical column according to myinvention, the views in Figs. 6 and 8 being horizontal cross-sections ofthe tiedtogether parts and showing the tying means in elevation, and theview in Fig. 7 being a side elevation of the column and showing one ofthe accessory tying partsin section andthe principal tying parts inelevation, as in Figs. 6 and 8.

Fig. 9 is a horizontal cross-section of part of a wall mold used inconstructing aconcrete wall, and showing two devices therein accordingto myinvention, oneof the devices being in an incomplete stage of tyingand the other in a completed stage;

Fig. 10 is a similar view of a mold for a concrete column with both ofthe tying means in a state of completion;

Fig. 11 1s a horizontal cross-section of my invention; and

Fig. 12 is a similar view showing a modification of theexample of Fig.11..

Throughout the drawings, the tying washer which is a novel element of myimproved apparatus is designated as A. Although shown in variousmodified shapes, it will be understood that one of the essentialrequirements according to my invention is that this washer shall becapable of rotation and have a bearing surface of material extentradially from its axis of rotation; and shall have means for engagementin it for rotation therewith of the two members of the loop that is tobe tied.

As shown in Fig. 1, the washer is a simple disk of cast metal with twoopenings 14.- through it in the general direction of its axis, and nearits center and preferably diverging somewhat from one side through tothe other. The side where the perforations are closest together is thebearing surface above referred to.

As shown in Fig. 2, the washer is in the form of a cup pressed out ofsheet metal with the perforations 14 through the bottom two timbersspliced together according to --of the cup, and the rim of the cupforming the extended bearing surface.

In Fig. 3 the sheet metal cup is modified to the extent of havlng itsmaln part made rectangular, so that exteriorly it is like a nut, andhaving the rim of the cup turned out into rather widely extendedperipheral flanges to form the bearing surface; the perforations beingthrough the bottom of the cup as in the preceding example.

In Fig. 4 the casting somewhat resembles the examples of both Figs. 1and 8; having the angular part and the peripheral flanges, and beingsomewhat cup-shaped, but having the bottom of the cup considerablythicker than in Fig. 3, and having the diverging openings H, as in theexample of Fig. 1.

The outside appearance of the washer of either Fig. 3 or. Fig. 4. iswell seen in Fig. 5.

Another part accessory to the washer and which may be present as one ofthe parts to be tied together with another p art,.as in Figs. 9 to 12,inclusive, or which maybe provided as an extra part purely as thisaccessory to the washer, as in Figs. 6, 7 and 8. is a part with aperforation throughwhich the two members. of the loopare passed afterthey are passed around the other part or parts that are to be tiedtogether. These members protruding from this perforation are inserted,respectively, through the openings 14 in the washer and secured togetheroutside the washer. Then by rotating the washer, the members in theirlengths be tween the washer and the other part or parts that are to betied together are twisted around each other very tightly and evenly,

' so as to produce no undue strain at any jectedfirst through anordinary metal washer 17 next to the column, then through the"perforation 18 in the bloci: 15, and finally through the perforationslet in my improved washer A. It is seen in this stage in Fig. 6.

The next stage is to twist together the terminal parts 19 of thesemembers 5, as shown in Fig. 7 Now after rotating my improved washer Athe proper number of times, the

members Z) will be twisted tightly-together in their parts 21 from thewasher A to the surface of the column. The purpose of the washer 17 isto prevent the spreading members of the loop where they pass around thecolumn from cutting into the edges of the opening 18 in the block 15,which may be merely a convenient piece of wood with a hole 18 boredthrough it; I

In Fig. 9, the boards 22 form the sides of the concrete wall mold andare exteriorly reinforced by upright studs23 in a well-. known manner.Here the loop B is reversed in its relation to the washer A and ispassed through the perforations 1 1 of the washer for the entire lengthof its two members which are then passed through the perforation 18 in.the stud 23 at one side and through perforations in the board 22 atopposite' sides of the stud 23 at the other side of the mold. Theterminal parts 19 are then twisted together outside this stud 28 in thepreliminary stage of the tying operation which is shown in the upperpart of Fig. 9. Then by rotating the nut A the members of the loop B aretwisted tightly and uniformly together in their lengths 21 from the nutA over almost to the inner surface of the board '22 at the other side ofthe mold, as shown in the lower part of Fig; '9. It will be seen herethat the studs 23 having the perforations .18, correspond to theacoessory block 15 in the example of Figs. 6, 7, and 8. In this kind ofconstruction, when the concrete has set, the wires are cut and the moldboards removed, and then the wires trimmed off even with the surface ofthe concrete; they serving as just so much internal reinforcement forthe wall.

The binding together of the four sides of a column mold in Fig. 10 bymeans of braces 24 placed across two opposite sides of the mold andprojecting beyond the edges of the said sides,'is substantially in thesame manner as in theprecedingexample; the loop B having its memberspassed around the projecting end part of one of the braces 24: andthrough a perforation 18 in the respective pro ecting part of theopposite brace 2st, where the washer A is applied with the end parts 19of the loop members projecting past the washer and twisted to getherpreliminary to the final twisting of the parts 21 by means of the washerA.

Where two pieces are to be spliced together, the one piece 25 may haveperforations 27 diverging from one side out through opposite lateralsides, and the loop B may passaround the opposite side and its membersproject through these perforations, and then both project through theperforation 18 in the other piece 26 that is to be spliced to the piece25 ,the end parts 19 of these members projecting through the washer Aand being twisted together, and then the final ,twisting .ofthe parts 21from the washer A clear over into the diverging perforations 27 of theother piece 25 is accomplished by rotating the washer A.

In the example of Fig. 12, the piece 28 has the single perforation 31,and the piece 29 has the single perforation 18 alined with theperforation 31 whenthe twopieces are brought together for splicing. Theloop B has its members .1 passing through these alined perforations andreceives an anchor 32 through it outside the piece 28 between which andthe washer A the parts 21 of the loop are twisted together tightly anduniformly after the end parts 19 have been in serted throughtheperforations in the washer A and twisted together as in the precedingexamples.

It will be understood that other applicatlons of my invention may bemade with the help of the suggestions contained herein.

In any case the advantage is derived from having theentending bearingsurface to receive the pressure due to the exertion of the tension onthe loop-members as a result of the twisting operation, and at thesametime under this pressure allow rotation of the washer by ordinaryvmeans without undue damage to the washeror the part on which thewasherbears. Those washers that are made-angular may be turned with anordinary wrench; and those'that are not angular may be turned with anysuitable means, such as a pipe wrench; 13o

Having fully described my invention, and. exemplified some of its uses,what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. The method of connecting objects to each other by means of a wirewhich method consists of perforating one of these objects, of doublingthe wire and passing it through the perforated object so that it extendsbeyond the perforations at both ends, of looping it around the otherobject, ,of connecting the wire ends to close the'loop, of engaging atwisting device with the projecting part of the wire before the loop isclosed and of notating the twisting device to tighten the loo 2 Themethod of forming a wire tie for connecting objects to each other whichconsists of looping the wire, of twisting part of the looped wire aroundan object within the loop, of passing the twisted part of the wirethrough a perforation in another object and of applying means to theprojecting end of this perforated part to hold it in place.

3. As a new and improved article of manufacture, an element used intying with wire and composed of a piece of sheet metal formed into a cupwith two perforations through the bottom of the cup to receive wires fortwisting the wires together, and with the rim of the cup forming aradially extended bearing surface to receive the pres sure due to thetension on said wires when they are twisted.

et. As a new and improved article of manufacture, an element used intying with wire, and composed of a piece of sheet metal formed into acup with angular sides and perforations through its bottom, and havingits rim parts turned out into a flange affording an extended bearingsurface to receive the pressure due to the tension exerted upon wireswhen inserted through said perforations and twisted together.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

EARLE EMBREY.

